4 h. ago Ed Miliband 'to block' bid to ban government from buying Chinese solar panels feared to have been made with slave labour

The government is poised to vote against a Lords amendment to the Great British Energy Bill when it returns to the Commons on Tuesday.

Politics

42 h. ago Ed Miliband admits his solar panels bought for English schools and hospitals are Chinese and may be made using coal

He told broadcasters yesterday that the investment from Great British Energy will immediately save the public sector money on electricity bills.

Culture

52 h. ago Solar panels for schools and hospitals must meet high security standards – No 10

A Downing Street spokesperson said the procurement process could include panels from China.

Events

66 h. ago GB Energy investing £200m in solar panels on schools and hospitals to cut bills

Hundreds of schools and NHS sites will get funding for renewables in the first major investment by the publicly owned clean energy company.

Economics

3 d. ago Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal

UK leader says Russia cannot veto how Ukraine defends itself as western military officials meet to draft security plansAnalysis: UK turns to the EU for defensive tiesVladimir Putin will face “severe consequences” if he breaches a peace deal with Ukraine, Keir Starmer has warned as western military planners begin drawing up plans to enforce any agreement between the two countries.The British prime minister issued his warning to the Russian president after meeting officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military base outside London, where they have started sketching out which western forces might be deployed to protect Ukraine in the future. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Schoolboy, 15, fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in broad daylight in Birmingham park

Police were called to Turnberry Park in Great Barr, Birmingham, just after 4pm on Monday and found a 15-year-old boy with serious injuries.

Politics

7 d. ago Pensioner is threatened with court again by controversial solar panel firm who sued him for £320K after complaining on Facebook

EXCLUSIVE: Solar panel firm A Shade Greener (ASG), which is under investigation by Ofgem, is threatening to take one of its customer Stuart Potter, 72, (pictured) to court again.

Economics

8 d. ago Ukraine ceasefire plans moving to operational phase, Starmer says

UK prime minister accuses Putin of trying to delay peace and calls for ‘guns to fall silent’Keir Starmer has called for the “guns to fall silent in Ukraine” and said military powers will meet next week as plans to secure a peace deal move to an “operational phase”.The UK prime minister said Vladimir Putin’s “yes, but” approach to a proposed ceasefire was not good enough, and the Russian president would have to negotiate “sooner or later”. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Teen hospitalised after stabbing at Stratford secondary school

Teen hospitalised after stabbing at Stratford secondary school  BBC

Politics

1 week ago 'I sold everything and moved into a shipping container to live off

Robyn now has solar panels, rainwater collectors and an off-grid toilet on land where she grows food and raises animals

Politics

1 week ago Farmers will be forced to sell fields 'for less than their potential value' under Rayner's land grab

Fields targeted by councils to build new hospitals, schools, and homes would be snapped up through compulsory purchase orders under new measures.

Politics

1 week ago Families ridicule Green city council after it built eco railway station with solar panels, wildflowers on the roof and 1,000 cycle spaces

Cambridge South station at the city's Biomedical Campus is expected to open in early 2026 and has been criticised by local residents and both motoring and cycling groups.

Politics

1 week ago Calls for private UN Security Council meeting over spiralling violence in war

The US and Russia have jointly called for the United Nations Security Council to meet over the spiralling violence in Syria, after over 1,000 people were massacred this week.  

Events

2 w. ago Dad of boy stabbed at primary school 'thought he was saying goodbye' to son in hospital

Stephen Geraghty has recalled fearing the worst as he saw his 11-year-old son Mason in hospital after he was stabbed a primary school in Dublin.

Politics

2 w. ago Dad of boy, 11, stabbed at school 'thought he was saying goodbye' to son in hospital

Stephen Geraghty has told how he feared the worst when seeing his 11-year-old son Mason in hospital after he was stabbed at St Finian’s National School in Dublin

Politics

2 w. ago Headteacher charged with alleged attack at school as 'victim' taken to hospital

Earlier this week, the alarm was raised at St Joseph's Catholic School in Port Talbot with police responding to reports of a headteacher attacking a 51-year-old man

Events

2 w. ago China vows action over ‘arbitrary’ tariffs as Trump pauses measures against Canada and Mexico – US politics live

Foreign minister calls measures ‘two-faced acts’ Staff on hundreds of foreign aid projects left in limbo by the Trump administration’s funding freeze have received a survey that asks them to justify their work under an eccentric list of criteria that meet the White House’s new national security priorities.The survey, copies of which have been obtained by the Guardian, asks foreign aid programme staff to detail whether they contribute to limiting illegal immigration or securing US borders, “combatting Christian prosecution”,and whether they help the US secure access to rare earth minerals.Trump told his cabinet secretaries that they are in charge of hiring and firings at their agencies, not Elon Musk.The House has voted to censure Democratic congressman Al Green for disrupting Trump’s address to this week’s joint session of Congress. The motion was approved with 224 votes in favor and 198 opposed, with 10 Democrats in support.In an escalation of his pressure campaign, Trump said the ...

Politics

2 w. ago US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey

Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security prioritiesStaff on hundreds of foreign aid projects left in limbo by the Trump administration’s funding freeze have received a survey that asks them to justify their work under an eccentric list of criteria that meet the White House’s new national security priorities.The survey, copies of which have been obtained by the Guardian, asks foreign aid programme staff to detail whether they contribute to limiting illegal immigration or securing US borders, “combatting Christian prosecution”,and whether they help the US secure access to rare earth minerals. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Plan for 84 new homes on site of former Sale magistrates' court set for thumbs up

Apartments will have solar panels and battery storage to save energy

Events

2 w. ago Two boys, 14, taken to hospital after using illegal vape at school

They were later discharged following the incident at Dalkeith High School on Tuesday.

Events